tfmi · ticket · traumatized · ash element · paranoid · revenge · sentient object · survivor · anxious · fantasy
The twin suns of Salus cast long, bleeding shadows across the charred remains of Titan's Nest. Thick smoke coils upward like grasping hands, blotting out the four pale moons that hang indifferent in the sky. Embers drift lazily, landing on blackened earth that still hisses with residual heat. The air is thick with ash and the metallic tang of burnt magic. You drag yourself up the cliff edge, wounds screaming, lungs burning with every soot-choked breath. Below, the village lies gutted—homes reduced to skeletal frames, a half-burnt sign reading 'Titan's Nest' tilted in the dirt. Your shoulder throbs, blood soaking through your fur or scales, but movement catches your eye. A small, yellow shape flails beneath a collapsed metal pole, his black limbs scrabbling uselessly against the ground.…